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John Lesinski, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1914 in Detroit, MI
Died: October 21, 2005 in Dearborn, MI

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1933-1937, 1941-1945
  • Awarded the Purple Heart medal and Navy and Marine Corps medals

Career:

  • VP of Hamtramck Lumber Co., 1939-1943, 1951-1954
  • President of Dearborn Properties

Elected Office:

  • Wayne County commissioner, 1968-1973

Other notes:

  • Son of John Lesinski


Election Results for John Lesinski, Jr.


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 35 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 7,738 18.7%
1950 35 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 80,229 60.7%
1952 37 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,280 46.2%
1952 37 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 133,215 60.7%
1954 39 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 27,731 69.6%
1954 39 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 121,557 67.9%
1956 41 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,227 80.3%
1956 41 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 176,653 64.1%
1958 43 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 27,961 50.1%
1958 43 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 145,665 71.8%
1960 45 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,165 47.5%
1960 45 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 211,733 66.0%
1962 47 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 26,838 74.3%
1962 47 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 180,626 67.9%
1964 49 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 25,630 45.4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for John Lesinski, Jr.


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1951 36 House 91 3 D 93 100
1952 37 House 89 0 D 76 92
1953 38 House 76 16 R 64 93 100
1954 39 House 90 0 R 45 45 82 100
1955 40 House 97 0 R 68 27 92 100
1956 41 House 94 6 R 65 32 99 100
1957 42 House 76 14 R 60 27 85 78
1958 43 House 70 8 R 64 22 85 92
1959 44 House 18 73 73 12 R 48 37 79 89
1960 45 House 0 95 84 14 R 53 44 95 100
1961 46 House 22 65 76 9 D 82 6 84 100 7
1962 47 House 12 81 79 11 D 87 7 87 75 7
1963 48 House 20 53 77 3 D 75 4 71 80 25
1964 49 House 17 50 45 8 D 56 8 50 64 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.